(b)
"area" means any community, other than a municipality, as defined by the Act;

(c)
"chairperson" means the chairperson of a committee and includes the vice-chairperson;

(d)
"committee" means a local service district committee elected or appointed in accordance with these regulations;

(e)
"fire department" means a local service district fire department established under these regulations;

(f)
"garbage" means discarded material of all kinds including machinery, appliances, vehicles and all other articles which are apparently abandoned or are of unsightly appearance;

(g)
"householder" means the owner or tenant of a residential property and includes the spouse of that person or the partner in a common-law relationship or a person having joint ownership or joint tenancy of that property;

(g.1)
"householder ordinarily resident" includes, with respect to an area in which 75% or more of the residents are seasonal residents, a householder who is a seasonal resident;

(h)
"local service district" means a local service district established in accordance with the Act and these regulations;

(i)
"member" means a member of a committee;

(j)
"minister" means the minister appointed under the Executive Council Act to administer the Act; and

(k)
"municipality" means a municipality as defined under the Act and includes a city or an area incorporated under a special Act.

3.
(1) A householder ordinarily resident in an area may circulate a petition among the householders ordinarily resident in the area to determine if it is desirable to establish a local service district.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the proposed local service district will include more than one area a separate petition shall be circulated in each area.

5.
An area shall not be established as a local service district or included as part of a local service district unless the petition referred to in section 3 is signed by a majority of the householders ordinarily resident of the area.

7.
(1) Within 60 days of the issuance of an order under section 6, the householders who circulated the petition shall call a meeting comprising at least 25% of the householders ordinarily resident in each area included in the local service district for the purpose of electing a committee.

(2)
The meeting referred to in subsection (1) shall be called by posting a notice in at least 2 public places in each area included in the local service district at least 7 days before the date of the meeting.

8.
(1) A committee being elected under these regulations shall comprise either 5 or 7 members as may be determined by the meeting at which the election is being held.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a local service district includes more than one area, the householders ordinarily resident in each area who attend the meeting referred to in section 7 shall elect from among their number

(a)
one member to represent their area; and

(b)
additional members as may be required to bring the number of members up to that which is determined by the meeting held under subsection (1).

(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a local service district includes more than 7 areas, the number of members elected to the committee shall be sufficient to comply with paragraph (2)(a).

(4)
Fifty percent plus one of the members of a committee elected by householders ordinarily resident within the meaning of paragraph 2(g.1) shall be householders who are not seasonal residents.

8.1
(1) Within 60 days of an order under paragraph 387(b), (d) or (e) of the Act

(a)
altering the boundaries of a local service district;

(b)
amalgamating 2 or more local service districts; or

(c)
including one or more unincorporated areas in an amalgamation under paragraph (d),

the householders in

(d)
a local service district whose boundaries have been altered;

(e)
an area in a local service district that has been amalgamated; or

(f)
an unicorporated area being included in a local service district under paragraph (d),

shall meet to elect a member to represent them on the committee of the local service district to which the change relates.

(2)
The meeting referred to in subsection (1) shall be called by posting a notice in at least 2 public places in each area to which the change relates at least 7 days before the date of the meeting.

(3)
A quorum for a meeting held under subsection (1) is 10% of the householders in the area.

(4)
Where the householders in an area fail to elect a member as required by subsection (1), the minister shall appoint a member to represent the householders on the committee.

(5)
A member of a committee elected under subsection (1) or appointed under subsection (4) holds office until the expiration of the term of office of the members who held office at the time of his or her election or appointment.

(6)
Subsection 8(4) applies to persons appointed by the minister under subsection (4).

(7)
Subsections (1) and (4) apply with respect to the members elected or appointed under them, notwithstanding subsection 8(1).

9.
Every person is qualified to be elected as a member to represent an area included in the local service district who

(a)
is a householder ordinarily resident in that area;

(b)
is not in arrears of fees imposed by the committee for a prior financial year;

(c)
is not in arrears of fees imposed by a waste material disposal committee established under the Waste Material Disposal Act
or a water supply and sewage disposal committee established under the Municipal Affairs Act
and assumed by the committee; and

(d)
does not hold an office to which a salary or remuneration payable out of the funds of the local service district is attached.

10.
(1) Each member shall swear or affirm his or her oath of office before entering on the duties of that office.

(2)
A member choosing to swear an oath shall take and sign the following oath of office before a justice of the peace or a commissioner for oaths:

"I, A.B. make oath and say that I am fully qualified, as required by section 9 of the Local Service District Regulations
, to be a member of the committee for a local service district and that I will, to the best of my ability, faithfully perform the duties of member while I hold office.".

(3)
When a member takes the oath of office, an entry shall be made in the minute book of the committee that the oath has been taken by that member.

11.
(1) Where a vacancy occurs on the committee, the committee shall call a special meeting in accordance with section 35 within 3 months of the vacancy for the purpose of electing a member to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of the committee.

(2)
Where no member is elected in accordance with subsection (1) and the minister does not appoint a member in accordance with section 13, the committee shall call another special meeting to fill the vacancy within 3 months of the meeting referred to in subsection (1).

(3)
The committee may, with the approval of the minister, defer or dispense with a by-election under this section.

15.
Where the number of members holding office is less than a quorum, the members remaining in office shall notify the minister within 24 hours and the minister may authorize those members to perform all of those functions of the committee as he or she may prescribe.

18.
Notwithstanding section 17, the term of office of all members whether elected or appointed before or after the coming into effect of these regulations expires when the number of newly elected or appointed members sufficient to constitute a quorum are sworn into office under section 10.

20.
(1) Except as may otherwise be approved by the minister, the committee shall hold its first meeting within 60 days of its election or appointment in accordance with these regulations and at that meeting shall elect a member to be the chairperson and another to be the vice-chairperson.

(2)
Where the office of chairperson becomes vacant, the vice-chairperson shall become the chairperson and the committee shall immediately elect a member to be vice-chairperson.

21.
(1) The committee shall meet at least once every 3 months to transact any business that is considered necessary.

(2)
Every meeting held under subsection (1) shall be open to the public unless it is held as a privileged meeting or declared by majority vote of the members present at the meeting to be a privileged meeting.

(3)
Where a meeting is held as a privileged meeting or declared to be a privileged meeting, all members of the public present shall leave the meeting.

(4)
Where a decision is made by the committee at a privileged meeting, the decision, in order to be valid, shall be ratified at a public meeting.

22.
The presiding officer at all committee meetings shall be the chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson or, in the absence of both of them, a member designated by the committee for that purpose.

24.
Where an order is issued in accordance with section 6, property, rights, assets, liabilities and obligations of a waste material disposal committee established under the Waste Material Disposal Act
or a water supply and sewage disposal committee established under the Municipal Affairs Act
, or both committees as may be appropriated to the area established as the local service district, shall be vested in, assumed by and imposed upon the committee elected or appointed in accordance with these regulations.

25.
(1) The committee may, under section 649 of the Act, charge a fee for the cost of services or supply provided in the local service district.

(2)
Where a fee referred to in subsection (1) is charged, the committee may determine the residents or users of the services or supply who shall be responsible for the payment of the fee and may vary the fee between those residents or users.

(3)
The committee may fix the date in each year when the fee referred to in subsection (1) shall be due and payable.

(4)
The committee shall post notices in at least 2 public places in each area included in the local service district with respect to anything done under subsections (1) and (2).

(5)
The committee may grant to a householder an exemption, remission or deferment of fees, either in whole or in part, for a period of time as the committee decides, upon receipt of a written request or exemption, remission or deferment which establishes evidence of need satisfactory to the committee.

(6)
The fee referred to in subsection (1) may be sued for and collected by action in the name of the committee as a civil debt due to the committee.

27.
(1) The committee shall, not later than 90 days after the day on which the committee takes office in the first financial year and not later than March 31 in each succeeding year, prepare and adopt a budget containing the estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the committee for the current financial year.

(2)
The budget referred to in subsection (1) shall be in the form that the minister may prescribe and a signed copy shall be sent to the minister within 30 days of its adoption.

29.
(1) The committee shall open a bank account in a bank approved by the committee and shall deposit to its credit all money received by it.

(2)
All cheques or orders withdrawing money from the bank account of the committee shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson or, in the absence or incapacity of both of them, by a member designated for that purpose by the committee and shall be countersigned by one other member designated by the committee for that purpose.

30.
(1) The committee may employ staff as may be necessary to perform the duties specified by the committee and may remunerate those persons out of the funds of the local service district.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a member shall not accept an office or employment under the committee to which a salary or remuneration is payable out of the funds of the local service district without the prior approval of the minister.

31.
All deeds and documents to which the committee is a party shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson or, in the absence or incapacity of both of them, by a member designated for that purpose by the committee and shall be countersigned by one other member designated by the committee for that purpose.

33.
The committee shall post notice of the annual meeting in at least 2 public places in each area included in the local service district at least 7 days before the date of the meeting and shall state in the notice the time, place and purpose of the meeting.

37.
Ten percent of the householders ordinarily resident in each area included in the local service district constitutes a quorum at an annual or a special meeting and if that quorum is not present, the meeting shall be adjourned to a later time.

38.
(1) The presiding officer at an annual or a special meeting shall be the chairperson or in his or her absence the vice-chairperson or, in the absence of both of them, a member designated by the committee for that purpose.

(2)
Where the presiding officer is a candidate for election, where an election is required to be held, the householders at the meeting shall appoint a person who is not a candidate for election to be the presiding officer for the election.

39.
Every householder ordinarily resident in the local service district may attend an annual or a special meeting and may vote once on every motion before the meeting except that in the case of an election the presiding officer shall not vote unless there is a tie.

44.
Under section 640 of the Act, the committee may, subject to the provisions of the Environment Act
and regulations made under the Act, contract for or construct, acquire, establish, own and operate a public water supply system.

45.
(1) A committee or its authorized representative may, upon giving reasonable notice and at a reasonable time, enter upon all property within the local service district and into buildings and structures on that property, whether publicly or privately owned, to do all things necessary relative to the construction, attention, repair, maintenance or inspection of a public water supply system that the committee is empowered to undertake or control.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a committee or its authorized representative may enter upon property without notice where an emergency exists relevant to the operation of the water supply system but in so doing it shall make every reasonable effort to address the emergency without inconvenience to the owner or occupier of that property.

(3)
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a committee or its authorized representative shall not enter upon, break up or otherwise interfere with a highway vested in the Crown under section 5 of the Works, Services and Transportation Act
without the written consent of the minister responsible for that Act under the Executive Council Act.

46.
The committee may, where it considers necessary to do so, ensure that all matters relating to the construction and use of private water supply systems within the local service district are approved by departments of government as may be designated by government for that purpose.

47.
Under section 641 of the Act, the committee may, subject to the provisions of the Environment Act
and its regulations

(a)
contract for the collection and treatment of sewage;

(b)
construct, acquire, establish, own and operate a public sewage system; or

(c)
upon those terms and conditions as it feels appropriate and with the approval of the majority of residents of the local service district attending a meeting called for that purpose, financially assist by grant or loan the residents of the local service district as the committee decides with the installation of an individual septic tank system or other systems as approved by the minister for the benefit of a resident in the local service district.

48.
(1) A committee or its authorized representative may, upon giving reasonable notice and at a reasonable time, enter upon all property within the local service district and into buildings and structures on that property, whether publicly or privately owned, to do all things necessary relative to the construction, attention, repair, maintenance or inspection of a public sewage system that the committee is empowered to undertake or control.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a committee or its authorized representative may enter upon a property without notice where an emergency exists relevant to the operation of the sewage system but in so doing, shall make every reasonable effort to address the emergency without inconvenience to the owner or occupier of the property.

(3)
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a committee or its authorized representative shall not enter upon, break up or otherwise interfere with a highway vested in the Crown under section 5 of the Works, Services and Transportation Act
without the written consent of the minister responsible for that Act under the Executive Council Act.

49.
The committee may, where it considers necessary to do so, ensure that all matters relating to the construction and use of private sewage systems within the local service district are approved by departments of government as may be designated by government for that purpose.

52.
(1) Where a fire department is established or continued under section 53, the committee shall ensure that it is operated in accordance with the Fire Chief Regulations
.

(2)
Where a fire department is established or continued under section 53, the committee shall be responsible for the payment of annual dues to Firefighter's Associations and to the National Fire Protection Association.

(3)
The committee shall appoint a fire chief who shall administer the fire department in accordance with the responsibilities set out in the Fire Chief Regulations
.

54.
(1) In the absence of the fire chief, the first member of the fire department to arrive at the scene of a fire shall be the officer in charge of the fire department at the fire until a senior ranking member arrives at the scene.

(2)
The officer in charge of the fire department at a fire may close any highway in the vicinity of the fire as may be necessary to effectively fight the fire and to ensure public safety.

55.
The members of a fire department of another local service district or a municipality or a person that gives aid to the fire department in fighting a fire are considered to be members of the fire department while they are giving that aid.

56.
(1) Members of the fire department may enter and convey hose and other apparatus as may be necessary for the effective fighting of a fire through any building or structure and over any land within the local service district.

(2)
No action lies against a member of the fire department or the committee with respect to damage necessarily occasioned to a building or structure or land as a result of an action taken under subsection (1).

58.
(1) The committee shall provide to have all fire equipment and related buildings insured for an amount which is not less than the estimated cost of replacement.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the committee shall provide for insurance coverage for fire vehicles which is not less than that prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act
and regulations made under the Act and shall further provide for collision and comprehensive insurance coverage.

(a)
establish and maintain a system for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage, subject to the approval of the Department of Environment and Lands under the Waste Material Disposal Act
and regulations made under that Act; or

61.
Where a system for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage is established, the committee may

(a)
provide, operate and maintain a garbage disposal site subject to the approval of the Department of Environment and Lands under the Waste Material Disposal Act
and regulations made under the Act; or

(b)
contract with another local service district committee, the council of a municipality or a person for the joint use, operation and maintenance of garbage disposal site.

(a)
providing for the licensing and registration of dogs within the local service district and the renewal of licences and the period of validity of the licences;

(b)
prescribing the form of licences and the kind of licence tags to be issued with the licences;

(c)
prescribing the fees to be paid for licences and licence tags;

(d)
providing for the appointment of licensing officers in the local service district;

(e)
prescribing the allowance to be paid to licensing officers for licensing dogs and collecting and forwarding the fees to the local service district and providing for the payment to licensing officers of the cost to them of remitting the fees in addition to an allowance;

(f)
providing for the impounding of dogs running at large, prescribing impounding fees to be charged for impounding and providing that any dog may be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of if it is not claimed within the time fixed in the regulations made under this section;

(g)
prohibiting, restricting or regulating the roaming at large of dogs;

(h)
providing for the seizure and destruction of diseased dogs found at large; and

(i)
prescribing fines for the non-compliance or contravention of regulations made under this section.